Mevlana Jalalludin Mohammad (Rumi)(Balkhi)

  
 

Jalalludin Mohammad, the Persian Sufi poet and Mystic was born in Balkh - in the north-eastern provinces of Persia(Iran), present day Afghanistan – 800 years ago. He is also known as "Rumi", "Balkhi", “Mevlana”, "Mowlavi", "Molavi", "Mowlana", "Molana" and "Maulana". He was the son of Baha'u-'d-Din, who decided to leave Balkh when Mevlana was about 5. The family traveled to Baghdad, to Mecca on pilgrimage, and to Damascus. They eventually settled at Konya (in present day Turkey). In Konya, Mevlana lived the rest of his life.
 

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Hushang Kamkar completes “Mevlana Symphonic Composition”

 

TEHRAN -- Iranian musician Hushang Kamkar has recently completed “The Molana Symphonic Composition”, a piece commemorating Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi.

A recording of the new work is to be issued by the IRIB Music Center.

“The idea for creating the piece goes back a few years,” Kamkar said during a press conference in Tehran on December 10.

“I wanted to compose a piece worthy of the dignity and the grandeur of Rumi,” he added.

However, Kamkar only began composing the symphony about five months ago, after rejecting a proposal by the IRIB Music Center to write a piece in honor of Rumi.

“I refused to accept the request because I can not do any work based on an assignment in a limited time, but I then composed the piece based on my own interest and I have delivered it to the center to be released,” Kamkar explained.

“After consultations with some experts on Rumi, I decided to create a work that can also be presented to the world.

“Rumi’s mysticism and love have been considered in every melody of the work.”

A poem of Rumi sung by young Iranian music phenom Alireza Qorbani inspired Kamkar to compose the piece, although veteran vocalist Shahram Nazeri is more famous for his performances of Rumi’s poetry.

“I planned to perform the symphony accompanied by Shahram Nazeri, but I saw that he was very busy with his other performances and various programs abroad… Thus I enlisted the skills of Alireza Qorbani for the symphony, and I am very pleased with my choice,” Kamkar noted.

A performance of “The Molana Symphonic Composition” is scheduled to be broadcast on TV and radio stations by IRIB, which also plans to make a music video version of the show

  Mevlana’s 800th Birth Anniversary

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated 2007 as the Year of Mevlana Jalalludin to mark the prominent Iranian poet’s 800th birth anniversary. Special ceremonies are going to be held in different countries. (esp Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan)

How Mevlana became “Mevlana”?

Jalalludin was about 37 when Shams entered Konya. Shams, a wandering dervish, became Mevlana’s mentor. Mevlana was deeply touched by Shams’ thoughts. He, who was a teacher of religion and a highly attained mystic before, became an inspired poet and a great lover of humanity after meeting Shams.

Modern Man and the Message of  Mevlana

Morality is lost in the life of today’s man. Mevlana is one of the few great men of literature and meditation, who have invited people to live a moral life in all of their works. What Mevlana said 800 years ago is still new to the man of 21st century. This is why his works are still being translated to different languages.

Mevlana Works

Mevlana’s major work is Masnavi-e Manavi (Spiritual Couplets). other books: Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i (The Works of Shams of Tabriz - named in honor of Mevlana’s great friend and inspiration), Fihi Ma Fih (In It What's in It), Majalis-i Sab'a (Seven Sessions), Robai’yat (the couplets), Makateb (the written pieces)

Mevlana Death

The poet passed away at the age of 68. Konya was all in black. Even Christians and Jewish people of the city mourned for him. Mevlana was buried beside his father in Konya, Turkey. A tomb was built for the great Sufi poet and remains a sacred site that is visited by visitors from every part of the world.

Mevlana is not Rumi

Jalalludin Mohammad was born in Balkh - in the north-eastern provinces of Persia (Iran), present day Afghanistan. His father Baha'u-'d-Din decided to leave Balkh. After a long travel, they eventually settled at Konya. Mevlana's Work are in Persian, so he is a part of Persian Culture, not other Cultures.

 

  
 
 

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